Primary and secondary education
This bill directs DPI to award grants of up to $100,000 to no more than 20 school districts for the design, development, and implementation of a differentiated compensation program for teachers in the 2005-07 fiscal biennium. Such a program must base all or part of teacher salary increases on one or more of the following factors:
1. An increase in a teacher's knowledge about teaching or about the subjects he or she teaches or an improvement in a teacher's teaching skills.
2. The assumption by a teacher of additional responsibilities, including mentoring other teachers.
3. The assignment of a teacher to a grade level or subject area in which there are teacher shortages.
4. The assignment of a teacher to a school that is difficult to staff or that is low in pupil performance.
The bill directs DPI to establish a competitive process for awarding grants, to give preference in awarding grants to school districts in which the teachers, the community, and the businesses in the community support the grant, and to make reasonable efforts in awarding grants to reflect the diversity of school districts on various factors.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.255 (2) (dc) of the statutes is created to read:
20.255 (2) (dc) Grants for differentiated compensation programs. The amounts in the schedule for grants to school districts for differentiated compensation programs under s. 115.40. No moneys may be expended from this appropriation after June 30, 2007.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 115.40 of the statutes is created to read:
115.40 Grants for differentiated compensation programs. (1) During the 2005-07 fiscal biennium, a school district is eligible for a grant under this section for the design, development, and implementation of a differentiated compensation program that bases all or part of teacher salary increases on one or more of the following factors:
(a) An increase in a teacher's knowledge about teaching or about the subjects he or she teaches or an improvement in a teacher's teaching skills.
(b) The assumption by a teacher of additional leadership responsibilities, including mentoring other teachers.
(c) The assignment of a teacher to a grade level or subject area in which there are teacher shortages.
(d) The assignment of a teacher to a school that is difficult to staff or that is low in pupil performance.
(2) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dc), the department shall award two-year, nonrenewable grants under this section to no more than 20 school districts. The amount of a grant may not exceed $100,000.
(3) Within 90 days after the end of the grant period, each school board receiving a grant under this section shall submit to the department a report that summarizes the activities funded by the grant.
(4) The department shall do all of the following:
(a) Award grants under this section in a competitive process based on criteria designed by the department.
(b) In awarding grants, give preference to school districts that demonstrate the support of the teachers employed by the school district, the community, and the businesses in the community.
(c) In awarding grants, make all reasonable efforts to reflect the diversity of school districts in size of enrollment, ethnicity, location, family income, and density of population.
(d) Promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.
(5) This section does not affect a school district's duty to bargain with the employees collective bargaining representative over wages, hours, and conditions of employment.
SECTION 9137. Nonstatutory provisions; public instruction.
(1) DIFFERENTIATED COMPENSATION PROGRAMS.
(a) The department of public instruction shall promulgate emergency rules under section 227.24 of the statutes to implement section 115.40 of the statutes, as created by this act, by October 15, 2005. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes, the emergency rules promulgated under this paragraph remain in effect until July 1, 2006, or the date on which the permanent rules take effect, whichever occurs first. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a) and (3) of the statutes, the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this paragraph as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for the rule.
(b) The department of public instruction may not accept an application from a school board for a grant in the 2005-07 fiscal biennium under section 115.40 of the statutes, as created by this act, that is received by the department after December 15, 2005.
(c) The department of public instruction shall award grants for the 2005-07 fiscal biennium under section 115.40 of the statutes, as created by this act, by January 31, 2006. The department shall pay one-third of the grant in the 2005-06 fiscal year and two-thirds of the grant in the 2006-07 fiscal year.
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LRB-1590LRB-1590/1
MES:cjs:rs
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Ziegler, BB 0389 - Repeal appropriation for earned income tax credit, utility public benefits
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: repealing an appropriation for the earned income tax credit, utility public benefits.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
taxation
Income taxation
Under current law, some of the claims for the refundable earned income tax credit (EITC) are paid out of a utility public benefits fund appropriation, some are paid from an appropriation related to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and the remaining claims are paid out of a sum sufficient appropriation.
This bill repeals the utility public benefits fund appropriation for the EITC.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.835 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.835 (2) (f) Earned income tax credit. A sum sufficient to pay the excess claims approved under s. 71.07 (9e) that are not paid under pars. (kf) and (r) par. (kf).
SECTION 2. 20.835 (2) (r) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
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LRB-1591LRB-1591/2
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Percy, BB0388 - Soo Locks appropriation
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
transportation
Other transportation
This bill creates a new appropriation in the segregated transportation fund for the purpose of providing state funds for a federal project to improve the Soo Locks connecting Lake Superior with the other Great Lakes.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.395 (1) (gt) of the statutes is created to read:
20.395 (1) (gt) Soo Locks improvements, state funds. The amounts in the schedule for the purpose of providing the state share of a federal project to improve the Soo Locks connecting Lake Superior with the other Great Lakes.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
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LRB-1592LRB-1592/1
PG:wlj:rs
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Ziegler, BB0381 - Revenue limits; 3-year or 5-year calculation
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Primary and secondary education
Under current law, a school district's revenue limit is based on a three-year rolling average of its enrollment. This bill sets a school district's revenue limit at the amount calculated using a three-year or five-year rolling average of its enrollment, whichever yields the higher amount.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 121.905 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
121.905 (3) (b) 1. Except as provided under subd. 2. and s. 121.91 (8), divide the result in par. (a) 1. by the sum of the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the 3 previous school years and the number of pupils enrolled who were school district residents and solely enrolled in a special education program provided by a county children with disabilities education board program in the previous school year.
SECTION 2. 121.91 (2m) (e) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.91 (2m) (e) (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (3) and, (4), and (8), no school district may increase its revenues for the 1999-2000 school year or for any school year thereafter to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:
SECTION 3. 121.91 (4) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
121.91 (4) (f) 1. For Except as provided in sub. (8), for the 1999-2000 school year or any school year thereafter, if the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the current and the 2 preceding school years is less than the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the 3 previous school years, the limit otherwise applicable under sub. (2m) (e) is increased by the additional amount that would have been calculated had the decline in average enrollment been 25% of what it was.
SECTION 4. 121.91 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
121.91 (8) Beginning with the calculation of a school district's revenue limit for the 2006-07 school year, a school district's base revenue per member under s. 121.905 (3) (b) 1., a school district's revenue limit under sub. (2m), and the adjustment for declining enrollment under sub. (4) (f) shall be calculated as provided in those sections and with a 5-year rolling average of enrollment instead of a 3-year rolling average of enrollment. The result that provides a school district with the higher revenue limit is the one in effect.
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LRB-1594LRB-1594/P2
CTS:kjf:rs
2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Hummert, BB0383 - Transfer manufacturing extension program to technical college system
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Commerce and economic development
Commerce
